I still have Arms and Armor on my bookshelf! The gilded percussion revolver? The African throwing knife? The tilting helmet with a face? Every page was a new thing for child me to fixate on.
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The Lemon Squeezer was the one that always stuck in my mind.
Yep! The Turbiaux pocket pistol. Very unique round gun. Contrary to what the book says, the Iver Johnson gun used in the McKinley assassination bore no resemblance to it.
I used to borrow it from the library in elementary school so many times they sent me to the guidance counselor, though I was like the most non-violent kid in the world lol
Are these still published? They were fantastic.
I had a bunch about weather and gemstones and stuff, great bathroom reading in particular. Those and the Charlie Brown 'Cyclopedias
those were like crack to the 8-12 year old me, amazing things
There's a section in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum that's like a roomful of the Arms & Armor book but it's all physical.
Found the WWII one at goodwill for 3 bucks. Absolute steal.